Car-door seal



Feb. 27, 1923.'

G. F. HiX.

CAR DOOR SEAL. FILED JAN. 2, 1.922.

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Application tiled .anuarf/ 27, 1922,

and third that when so applied it -will be iin-` possihle to reinoif'e the s ine troni the hasp and staple without; so daiorigine` the car seal that it will be evident at a glance that the saine has been 'tampered with.

The invention consists in a car door seal embodying the combination ot elements set Jforth in the following specification and particularlj7 pointed out in the clainia Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan View ot a blunl: troni which my improved car door seal may be constructed in a manner hereinafter set forth.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of said blanl.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation ot said blunt: partij7 folded to form the lock.

Fig. l is a side elevation oi" said hlanlz, still Jfurther folded to torni the locking; ond thereof.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View ot the finished ear seal ready to be applied to the door.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the car door seal, partij1 in section, completed and in locked position.

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional yView taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6. i

Fig. 8 is a side eletation partij7 in section similar to Fig. 6 but. showing' onli7 one projection or tooth instead ot.' two.

Like numerals refer to lile parts throunlr out the sei/*eral Views oi the drawings,

ln the drawings, reiterring to Figs. 1 to T inclusive. 10 is a blank cit sheet inetah the ends 11 and 12 ot which are contracted or narrower than the intermediate or central portion 13. 'lhe end 11 is provided with a slot 111 and the end 12 is provided with two oppositely disposed projections 15 and 16y said projections being` slightly out of alignment with each other longitudinally so that when folded the projection 16 may lie side by side with the projection 15. The

-dOes ot said projections are inclined in opp te directions,vy recess 17 piovided in the intermediate portion 13 ol 60 the blank 1() on the taco ot said blank op posite to the t'ace upon which te proie@n tions 15 and 16 are located. j

lssuniinp` the blank be in the torni illustrated in 1 and the iirst proce in forming the car seal from the blank to told the end llot said blank over ap proiriniately upon line A. d thus nrc duce the Yform illustrated in l. 3 the-,end 12 being termed as a ll bend lo. The new'h operation is to 'told the tl bend 18 backwardly in the direction of the arrow B to the iiorin shown in L1. and finallyv thi,` portion or" the blankis folded in the direction ot the arrow C until it assumes the position illustrated in 5.

llt will be seen that `the seal now consists, as shown in Fig. 5. of the end 11qv ftheintermediate portion 13 and the end 12 folded so as to torni a double il bend., via, the inner ll bend 18 and the outer tl bend 19 within which the inner il rbend 18 is located,y

To complete the car seal the opposite edges otthe outer il bend are welded as illustrated in Fig. 7 and in this lin ttorin the recess 17 is brought directl alignment with the ,tree end 20 ot the inner tl bend 18. lt will be seen that the ot the projections 15 and 16 are inclined to eachv other and 'cross to ioiin an acute anglo 90 21 (see Figs. 5 and 6) and when applied to the car door the end 11 of lthe seal is inserted through the staple in the usual inanner in order to lock the hasp thereto and said free end 11 is then inserted within the 95 inner tl bend 18. The tree end 11 is in serted within the inner U bend 18 by pushing said end 11 into the angle 21 between the oppositelj7 inclined edges of the projections or teeth 15 and 16. whereupon the 100 tree end 2O of the inner U bend 18 will be pushed downwardlj7 .into the recess 17 until the. slot 111 arrives in alignment with the teeth 15 and 16, whereupon said teeth 15 and 16 will enter said slot. 105

lt will be noted that the rear edges of the teeth 15 and 16 are practically at right angles with the inner face ot the ,tree end 2O ot the inner il bend, so that it will be impossible to pull the end 11 out of said 11o inner tl bendq and it will be impossible to manipulate the inner lll bend in such a ina-nner as to release the end 11 from the teeth 15 and 16 without so damaging the cer seal that it will be obvious et e glance that it has been tempered With.

The device is used in the ordinary nien ner in which cnr seals are utilized and is attached to the cer is hereinbe'lore de scribed. v

In Fig. 8 of the drawings e modified torni ot iny invention is `illustrated which exactly the saine es the itorm ot iny invern tion illustrated inFigs. l to 7 inclusive, except that e single tooth l5 is lett end the tootliI 16 is omitted.

Having' thus ldescribed my invention, What I claim and desire by Letters Patent tosecure is:

l, cer door seal couigrn'isini n strip of' sheet inetel provided with e slot adjecent to one end thereof and :i double U bend et its opposite end, one of seid U bends being located lWithin the other, sind e. pair of oppositely disposed 'projections lying side by side on the inner side ot the `inner one oi' seid U bends. y

2; A cer door seal comprising e strip of sheet metal provided with a. slot adjacent to one end thereof and e double lJ bend et its opposite end, one ot' seid U bends beingy located Within the other snd'hsving one tree end, and e pair of oppositely disposed teeth on the inside of the inner one of seid U bends7 the tops of seid teeth being inclined tov/*ard seid free end of seid inner U Abend and adapted to project into seid slot When said end with the slot therein is inserted i ,lifiefies within said inner U bend7 r-whereby the two ends of seid strip are locked together.

A. cer door seal. comprising a strip ot sheet Ametal 4provided with u slot adjacent to one end thereolE and e double U bend et `-ts opposite end, one ot seid U bends being` loceted Within the other und having` one free end, sind e projection on the inner tace oit one side of the inner one ot said U bends, the outer one of seid U bends hei'- inji' e recess therein adapted to receive seid tree end oi' the inner one oi' seid il bends vwhen the slotted end of seid strip of metal is inserted Within said inner t5 bend.

A cer door seal comprising e. strip ot sheet nietel provided with n slot adjacent to one end thereof and :idouble U bend zit its opposite ond. one of seid U bends being located vvithin the otherend having a free end, end epeir oi' oppositely disposed prollotions on the inside or the inner one oit said t? bends., the outer one of seid U bends having n recess therein adapted to receive seid tree end of the innerfo'll seid U bends when the sloti'ied end of seid strip ot nietel isinserted Within seid inner U bend.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence ot' tivo subscribing Witnesses.

GALLEN F. HIX.

iiVitnessesz v i RALrr-r L. lii'riuon7 FPANK H. PURINToN. 

